Chapter 47: You know that feeling of being flustered in front of your crush?
"Congratulations,"
I whipped my head at that voice, so fast that the forest felt like a blur. But even if I didn’t, I could no longer see anything else but the tall figure walking steadily toward me.
Ah...I couldn’t even make any noise, feeling my limbs go limp. Jade flew away the moment I let go of it, probably feeling like I wouldn’t give it any more attention right now. My eyes were fixed on Natha, and my mind half thought that he was just a forest illusion.
"Hmm," his voice sounded as sweet as it was in my dream. "It seems like I had gone too unreliable that you come to doubt my promise,"
"...ah," was the only dumb reaction I could muster. I wanted to see him so much every day, but when he actually appeared in front of me, my mind went blank. Perhaps because our last meeting was so...abrupt and confusing.
"I try to come in three days, as I said," he reached out to brush my sweaty hair, tucking the stay strands behind my ear. And then the hand returned to stroke my cheek tenderly.
"Mm," I nodded, looking anywhere but at his face. For some reason, I felt bashful. Maybe because I had resolved my heart, and admitted my growing feelings for him.
That cold hand I missed so much continued to stroke me in silence, and I secretly drowned myself in the blissful feeling this quiet clearing provided for us. His other hand came to cup my face and slowly brought my gaze up.
"Are you upset, sweetheart?"
"...no?" I croaked weakly, feeling heat creep up my cheeks already.
As he lifted my face, I could no longer avoid looking at his face; at the narrowed, soft silver eyes and the gentle smile. It was Natha whom I knew for the past few months, not the one who abruptly came and gone three nights ago with wild, shaking eyes.